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Pollo Campero opens franchise in US Wal-Mart store
- Pollo Campero, a Latin American fried-chicken favorite that had been seen in the U.S. only in takeout boxes aboard arriving flights, has teamed up with Wal-Mart to expand its reach to the nation's growing Hispanic population.A restaurant bearing the Guatemalan chain's mascot chicken in a cowboy hat now sells its famed product inside a Wal-Mart Supercenter in Rowlett, Texas. Officials with the chain's fledging U.S. arm, Campero USA Corp., hopes to expand its reach into more than 20 Wal-Mart locations across the country by the end of 2009. Pollo Campero opens doors inside Wal-Mart store in Texas
- Pollo Campero, a Latin American fried chicken favorite once only available by flying takeout boxes into the United States, has teamed up with Wal-Mart to expand its reach to the nation's growing Hispanic population.A restaurant bearing the Guatemalan chain's mascot chicken in a cowboy hat now sells its famed product inside a Wal-Mart Supercenter in Rowlett, Texas. Officials with the chain's fledging U.S. arm, Campero USA Corp., hopes to expand its reach into more than 20 Wal-Mart locations across the country by the end of 2009. Knost wins Fort Smith Classic
- Former amateur star Colt Knost won the Fort Smith Classic Sunday, shooting a 5-under 65 to edge Darron Stiles by a stroke.Knost, the U.S. Amateur winner last year at Olympic, finished at 12-under 268. Stiles, who won this Nationwide Tour event two years ago, shot a 71 on Sunday and finished at 11 under. Extradition approved for suspect in 1992 El Dorado slaying
- A man accused of a 1992 murder in El Dorado is to be returned to Arkansas from Wisconsin, where he was arrested.James Edward Clemons, 45, of Mosinee, Wis., is charged with capital murder in the stabbing death of flower shop owner Billy Ponder. Federal regulators close Arkansas bank ANB Financial
- Federal regulators says they've closed ANB Financial National Association banks after discovering "unsafe and unsound" business practices there.David Barr, a spokesman for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. says many customers served by the bank's nine locations had accounts under $100,000, which will be fully insured by the government. Barr says customers can continue to write checks and draw money from ATMs through the weekend. 
Happy Mother's Day: Woman pregnant with 18th child
- Mother's Day draws a crowd in the home of an Arkansas woman - she is pregnant with her 18th child.Michelle Duggar, 41, said she is six weeks along in her pregnancy and that everything is going well. Prosecutor: Arkansas school shooter not mistreated in jail
- A prosecutor says there's no evidence that one of two Arkansas men who killed a teacher and four students in a school shooting a decade ago has been mistreated while in jail on separate charges.Twenty-three-year-old Mitchell Johnson has complained he was attacked by other inmates at the Benton County Jail while awaiting trial on charges he took a debit card left by a disabled man at a gas station where Johnson worked. Reward reaches $502,000 in Ark. police shooting
- Efforts to identify a man who shot and wounded a police officer April 18 could be helped by a reward that has reached $502,000 with the addition of a half-million dollars offered by a Texas company with ties to the area and the officer.The officer hasn't been named by the Malvern Police Department, but his identity is known in the community, and his wife has family ties with the owners of Westdale Asset Management of Dallas, which has put $500,000 in escrow at Summit Bank as a cash-reward fund. 
Trump talks about A-Rod, Jeter during luncheon
- Even Donald Trump has strong feelings about New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez.Trump was in Arkansas on Thursday to speak at the Economics Arkansas luncheon. According to arkansasbusiness.com, Trump talked about Rodriguez, a three-time AL MVP who has been criticized for his perceived inability to come through in important situations. 
Wal-Mart same-store sales top Wall Street expectations
- Wal-Mart Stores Inc. says sales of groceries and items such as flat-screen TVs boosted its same-store sales in April above Wall Street expectations.The world's largest retailer said same-store sales rose 3.2 percent, easily beating Wall Street's 2.1 percent growth forecast. Including fuel, same-store sales climbed 3.8 percent. |
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